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“With what’s been going for over a year now, you can appreciate that the anxiety level in Canada is quite high.”
And to Reuters, he says many “don’t realize how good it would be to terminate NAFTA because the way you’re going to make the best deal is to terminate NAFTA. But people would like to see me not do that.”
“Because the U.S. is the demandeur on this issue, Canada could gain valuable negotiating coinage by withdrawing its opposition to the U.S. opt-out proposal.”
“The level of real GDP would revert to the baseline by 2022, benefitting in part from more accommodative monetary policy after the initial shock.”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said on Monday that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer last month told a group of senators and the president that he was in favor of withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement, but Lighthizer's office disputes that account.
The two also discussed NAFTA negotiations, the White House said.
“I don't think we should pull out of it,” the House speaker said. “I think we should work from within it.”
Freeland: Canada “always felt that imposing artificial deadlines was not necessary from the Canadian standpoint.... I thought that was a constructive proposal from the president.”
“We make a good deal on NAFTA, and, say, I’m going to take a small percentage of that money and it’s going toward the wall. Guess what? Mexico’s paying.”
“We make a good deal on NAFTA, and, say, I’m going to take a small percentage of that money and it’s going toward the wall. Guess what? Mexico’s paying.”
Guajardo's visit comes two weeks before the start of the sixth round of NAFTA negotiations in Montreal. He has visited the U.S. capital prior to every round of talks thus far.
Levin: “So, by just saying 'we are going to keep talking' -- there needs to be solid action. It's as clear as that. It may not be as simple as that but it's as clear as that.”
“A platform on which cooperation with Mexico on so many levels has been possible.”
Recent meetings with farmers and senators from agriculture states have left an impression on President Trump, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) told Inside U.S. Trade this week, adding that Trump and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are now well aware of what a NAFTA withdrawal would mean for the U.S. economy.
Luis de la Calle, who helped negotiate the original NAFTA, writes that “it is electorally smarter to join with the moderates than face them” after withdrawing.
The White House is considering the impact that walking away from the North American Free Trade Agreement would have on the midterm prospects for Republican candidates in key battleground states as it weighs whether the U.S. should trigger withdrawal, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“I think it’s been unconventional, the approach, but I was a hostage negotiator ... and sometimes unconventional methods give you an opportunity to have a more free-thinking, open-minded approach.”
Backing ISDS, Gerard says “it’s better for the U.S. to strengthen that relationship with Canada and Mexico than to dramatically change it and bring uncertainty to it.”
The Labor Department on Tuesday issued a progress assessment calling on Colombia to more fully comply with obligations outlined in the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, a move that continues “contact point” consultations between the two governments.